Manhunt
#3
(December 1947)
Magazine Enterprises,
1947 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1947
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Magazine Enterprises Inc.
- Printer
- Printed in U.S.A.
- Editing
- Ray Krank (credited as Raymond C. Krank) (editor)
Issue Notes
Indicia gives Vincent Sullivan as Publisher.
Terror in the Sky!
cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- Ogden Whitney (signed)
- Inks
- Ogden Whitney (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- adventure
- Characters
- Rocks Baxter; Jug Herkimer; Judy Van Halston
- Reprints
Indexer Notes
Cover goes with the text story on the inside front and back covers.
Terror in the Sky
text story / 2 pages
- Script
- Gardner Fox (credited as Gardner F. Fox)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- adventure
- Characters
- Jug Herkimer; Judy Van Halston; Rocks Baxter
- Synopsis
- Jug is a private detective hired to protect a valuable diamond.
Indexer Notes
This text story is found on the inside front and back covers, and tells the story related by the cover.
The Horror in the Hearse
Kirk of Scotland Yard / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Paul Parker (signed)
- Inks
- Paul Parker (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- crime
- Characters
- Inspector Ronald Kirk; Gaye Kaily; Jaime Mendoza; Carlotta Sorollas; Hodges; Hugo; Mr. Sorollas; Tom
- Synopsis
- Inspector Kirk must stop Mendoza from taking his revenge on the last of the Sorollas family.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- rack; Scotland Yard; torture
The Man With the Right Hand!
Fallon of the F.B.I. / comic story / 7 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Ogden Whitney (signed)
- Inks
- Ogden Whitney (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- crime
- Characters
- Jim Fallon; Homer Lawson; Mrs. Lawson; Geek Thomas; Truck Kellogg
- Synopsis
- Jim Fallon is called in when Homer Lawson is kidnapped.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- FBI; kidnapping
[no title indexed]
Space Ace / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Fred Guardineer (signed)
- Inks
- Fred Guardineer (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Somewhere off the Mars-Jupiter run... a body hurtles from the air-lock of a big spacer...
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Space Ace [Jet Black]; Jak Tal; Angel of Mercy; Rad Morgan; Gunner Blinks; Shots Ugert
- Synopsis
- Space Ace goes on a mission to locate the secret hideout of a band of space criminals.
- Reprints
-
in Manhunt (Streamline, 1950 ? series) (1950) -
in Fem Fantastique (AC, 1971 series) #2 (1975) - in Thrilling Science Tales (AC, 1989 series) #1 (1989)
- in Men of Mystery Comics (AC, 1999 series) #19 Special Edition (2000)
- in Jet Black and Jak Tal: The Complete Space Ace (Boardman Books, 2014 series) (August 2014)
- in A-1 Comics: A Retrospective (Boardman Books, 2014 series) #142 (2015)
-
The Saga of Shaggy
Red Fox / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- L. B. Cole (signed)
- Inks
- L. B. Cole (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- adventure; animal
- Characters
- Shaggy (dog); Umshluk; Red Fox; King (dog); Jeff; Barbe Toutain
- Synopsis
- Red Fox saves Shaggy as a puppy from Umshluk. When grown, Shaggy helps Red Fox capture Umshluk when he goes rogue.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- Eskimo; Royal Canadian Mounted Police; sled dog
Jeopardy in Jade!
Undercover Girl / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Ogden Whitney (signed)
- Inks
- Ogden Whitney (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- adventure; spy
- Characters
- Undercover Girl [Starr Flagg]; Ming Lee; Lu
- Synopsis
- Undercover Girl must find Ming Lee's ring which contains the formula for a device that will detonate atomic bombs over a hundred miles away.
- Reprints
- in Manhunt (Streamline, 1950 ? series) (1950)
- in Undercover Girl (Magazine Enterprises, 1952 series) #5 [A-1 #62] ([1952])
- in A-1 Comics: A Retrospective (Boardman Books, 2014 series) #142 (2015)
- in Undercover Girl: The Complete Adventures of Starr Flagg (Boardman Books, 2015 series) (September 2015)
-
- Keywords
- giant clam
[no title indexed]
Illinois Merchandise Mart / advertisement / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- The greatest ball-point pen and billfold bargain in America!
[The Talented Team That Created Superman ...]
Funnyman / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Funnyman
Indexer Notes
Promo for Funnyman by Siegel and Shuster. Only art in ad is the upcoming cover of Funnyman #1. Previous indexer thought that Siegel might have written the ad, but other indexers suggest that it doesn't seem to be in his style, and is more likely either Sullivan or Krank.
Back cover.
Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
Terror in the Sky!
-
1.
Terror in the Sky
-
2.
The Horror in the Hearse
Kirk of Scotland Yard -
3.
The Man With the Right Hand!
Fallon of the F.B.I. -
4.
["Somewhere off the Mars-Jupiter run... a body hurtles from the air-lock of a big spacer..."]
Space Ace -
5.
The Saga of Shaggy
Red Fox -
6.
Jeopardy in Jade!
Undercover Girl -
7.
["The greatest ball-point pen and billfold bargain in America!"]
Illinois Merchandise Mart -
8.
[The Talented Team That Created Superman ...]
Funnyman
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